This last group of tuffet photos defies categorization. Actually, with the end of the year craziness, skating trips and competitions, people making their second (and third, and fourth!) tuffets, and everything else, I'm so behind on tuffet posts that I wanted to get them in before the end of the year. These tuffets were finished at nearly all of the shops I teach at, as well as my house! Some of these tuffets feature alternate layouts, and some are made of interesting materials such as ties, minky, and leather!

Before we get on to the photos, I want to thank the shops that have hosted me this year: Bungalow Quilting and Yarn in Ripon, Patches and Petals in Belleville, Quilt-agoius in Mukwonago, Quintessential Quilts in Madison and Reedsburg, and The Electric Needle in Madison. When you shop for quilt fabric, sewing machines, yarn, or notions, please consider one of these shops. They've all been wonderful. If you can't shop at one of these shops, please shop at a local (or small online) shop. Remember they won't be there any more if you don't shop at them! 

​On to the tuffet photos!

Thanks for looking through all of the wonderful tuffets in this post! And thank you for your support throughout the year. It means a lot to me. 
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I'll see you in 2016!

I'm so happy to let you know that I'll be teaching at a new shop later next month: Quilt Play in Grayslake, Illinois! The class is on Saturdays, January 9 and 23rd. Call the shop at (847) 548-4967 to sign up! And if you're in the area, check out the mostly Tula Pink Eden tuffet I made for their sample!

We had a couple of repeat Tuffeteers in Belleville this past November. They are a lovely aunt and niece duo! If you've already made one tuffet, the second one goes much more quickly.

Thank you so much for such an awesome year! I started this business, this site, and this blog this past spring and things have been going so well I can't even find the right words. I'm so grateful to every single one of you who takes time out to read my posts, or visit my site. (In case I don't sound enthusiastic enough, I'm trying to use fewer exclamation points, as my first draft had one at the end of each sentence. Hmmm. Sounds like a new year's resolution.)

I'm planning on lots of great things in 2016. More tuffets of course, but also many more quilts! You can look forward to a new pattern or two from me, new classes, and a tuffet retreat!

​Until then, I will be playing catch-up and posting tuffet class posts from the last few weeks of the year. Stay tuned!

 A fun group of ladies gathered to make tuffets (over a month ago, I'm ashamed to report -- I've been swamped with skating costumes) at The Electric Needle in Madison. Their tuffets were gorgeous and their enthusiasm was great! First a few photos from the first class (which I'm not always great at capturing):

And the finished tuffets...

Figure skating is a wonderful sport. It's fast, it requires artistry, and it's athletic. From a sewer's perspective, it also features gorgeous costumes. 

Everyone's familiar with figure skating, but are you familiar with synchronized skating? It's where teams of between 8 and 20 skaters perform routines in unison. Their skating creates shapes and formations that a single or pair simply cannot do. 

My daughter is a figure skater, but her real passion is synchronized skating. I've shown costumes that I've made before, but this year I made costumes for three teams -- 35 costumes in all! They made their competition debut this past weekend at the Dr. Porter Synchronized Skating Classic in Ann Arbor, Michigan.